ApacheCon US 2008 Session

Lucene Boot Camp

Apache Lucene is a high-performance, cross-platform search API in
production use in a large number of applications. This tutorial
will be an in-depth, hands-on class targeted at developers who
wish to integrate Lucene Java into their applications. The two
day tutorial will cover the key concepts behind Lucene, along with
code examples, documentation and resources. Concepts covered are:
Lucene setup; indexing content, indexing customization; searching,
including how to use the many Lucene Query APIs to achieve better
search results. Additionally, we will cover advanced topics like
Lucene performance and threading issues, Span Queries, filters,
term vectors, and sorting, all of which can help solve common
problems in search applications. The class will gain hands-on
experience with Lucene and leave with the know-how to build a
Lucene-based application. No prior Lucene knowledge is required,
but participants must be able to code in the Java programming
language and come prepared to code. Concepts learned can also be
applied to Solr. Students are encouraged to bring their own content to index/search.
Please refer to the Lucene Boot Camp website
(http://www.lucenebootcamp.com) for more information on the class.